Talk:Dag Hammarskjöld

Suggestions for improvement
This Article could be improved in a few ways. Firstly their is not much written about his actual career as a diplomat, arguably the reason why he is famous. I notice that the section about his death is longer than the section about his career as UN General Secretary, a pretty important job. He was a prominent person in the height of the Cold War and could be seen as a mediator between Khrushchev and Kennedy, and yet none of that is explored here.

Another thing I noticed is there are sections of this article that stray off topic. For example there is a section where it just states roads and landmarks that are named after him. This is not exactly an important part of Hammarskjold's legacy.

There is also a general need for citations in all sections of this article.Dan.herrick11791 (talk) 21:04, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

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"RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing"
This new Guardians story RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’ may be of interest. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:33, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Daniel J. Hill / US involvement
In his 2014 memoirs "A Life of Blood and Danger", a semi-famous (but still redlinked) US soldier recounts a meeting with his superior where he strongly implies that during his tenure in the Katanga region he provided the "Land Rover engine block bomb" used in the assassination; in Hill's own telling, this is confirmed by such an engine being on the plane's cargo manifest, while in James B. Stewart's telling, Hill merely 'suspected a bomb'.

This is one of many incredible claims in the book; among them, that he was granted leave from occupied Germany to pay his respects to Otto Skorzeny in Spain, and that he was sent to infiltrate the FLN in Algeria shortly before being sent on to Katanga. But the level of detail he gives about the construction of the bomb, and the fact that a reliable source corroborates at least that he was in the region at the time, makes it a bit more compelling.

In light of the 2021 reporting on OAS involvement, hoping this comment summons a competent expert to direct us to some reputable secondary sources 🙏🙏

2600:1702:6D1:28B0:81D7:A054:BA0B:10E0 (talk) 04:33, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

a street is missing 50.58.99.184 (talk) 12:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * There is a street in Stockholm named after Dag. It is located in Östermalm, near the Israeli embassy 50.58.99.184 (talk) 13:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)